Jacob deppellee



(No Model.)

J. DEP-PELLER.

Gate,

No. 240,974. Patented May 3,1881.

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JACOB DEPPELLER, OF AROHBOLD, OHIO.

GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 240,974, dated May 3,1881.

Application filed July .27, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JACOB DEPPELLER, of Archbold, in the county ofFulton and State of Ohio, have invented a new and valuable Improvementin Gates; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear,and exact description of the construction and operation of the same,reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of thisspecification, and to the letters and figures ot' reference markedthereon.

Figure l of the drawings is a representation of a side view of myimproved gate, partly in section; and Fig. 2 is a top view thereof.

This invention has relation to improvements in double-winged gates theparts of which vibrate away from each other in vertical planes and inline with each other.

The nature of the invention will be hereinafter more fully set forth,and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the annexed drawings, the letters A A designate the posts at the endsof a gap in a fence, and B is a stop or rest situated half-way betweenthe said posts and in line therewith.

Between the posts A A are pivoted, by their lower exterior angles, thegate-sections O O, of rectangular form. The contiguous ends of thesesections rest in a groove, a, formed in the upper edge of the rest B,when the said sections are in position to close the gap. Being confinedto the posts by the pivots b and seated in the groove a, they form avery effective barrier to the passage of stock. To open the gate one orboth of the sections is swung upward on their-pivots in an arc of ninetydegrees into the position in dotted lines, Fig. 1. The gap is closed byswinging the sections toward each other into the position shown in fulllines.

In order to prevent the sections from being injured by violent contactwith the ground as they swing back from each-other in the act of openingthe gate, they are each provided with a metallic or other spring, S, thefree end of which touches the ground in advance of the sections, and bytheir resilience efl'ectuall y produce the desired result.

The gates are locked together when closed by means of a U-shapedmetallic clamp, D, the side'flanges, c, of which embrace the upper railsof the gate-sections and effectually break their joint. This clamp is ofsuitable length, and is pivoted to vibrate vertically to the upper edgeof one section by means of a staple, c, or other similar device, and isremovably secured to the other section by a locking-bolt, (1, extendingthrough registering perforations in flanges c and in the top rail ofsaid section. This clamp effectually prevents either section from beingraised and the gap disclosed by cattle or by man.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination, with a double-winged gate the parts of which areadapted to vibrate away from each other in a vertical plane, of the U-shaped metallic clamp D, the side flanges of which embrace the upperrails of the gate-sections and break their joint, secured to one sectionby the staple c and removably secured to the other section by alock-bolt, d, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my namein the presence of two witnesses.

JACOB DEPPELLER.

Witnesses PHILIP THOMAS, J ACOB STAMM.

